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Arnold Bennett
1867–1931
Best known for vivid novels set in England’s Potteries, this prolific writer turned everyday places and ordinary ambitions into rich, memorable fiction. He also worked as a journalist, playwright, critic, and essayist, building one of the busiest literary careers of his time.
56 Audiobooks
The Pretty Lady
by Arnold Bennett
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
by Arnold Bennett
The Regent
by Arnold Bennett
Hugo: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
by Arnold Bennett
The Human Machine
by Arnold Bennett
The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns
by Arnold Bennett
The Price of Love
by Arnold Bennett
The Title: A Comedy in Three Acts
by Arnold Bennett
The Old Wives' Tale
by Arnold Bennett
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
by Arnold Bennett
The Grand Babylon Hôtel
by Arnold Bennett
These Twain
by Arnold Bennett
The Plain Man and His Wife
by Arnold Bennett
The Roll-Call
by Arnold Bennett
Hilda Lessways
by Arnold Bennett
The Author's Craft
by Arnold Bennett
Your United States: Impressions of a first visit
by Arnold Bennett
Mental Efficiency, and Other Hints to Men and Women
by Arnold Bennett
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
by Arnold Bennett
The Old Adam: A Story of Adventure
by Arnold Bennett
The Truth About an Author
by Arnold Bennett
Journalism for Women: A Practical Guide
by Arnold Bennett
Denry the Audacious
by Arnold Bennett
Anna of the Five Towns
by Arnold Bennett
Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature
by Arnold Bennett
Judith, a Play in Three Acts; Founded on the Apocryphal Book of Judith
by Arnold Bennett
The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
by Arnold Bennett
Lilian
by Arnold Bennett
Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature
by Arnold Bennett
Books and Persons; Being Comments on a Past Epoch, 1908-1911
by Arnold Bennett
Riceyman Steps: A Novel
by Arnold Bennett
Velikulta: Seikkailutarina kaupunkiviisikosta
by Arnold Bennett
Clayhanger
by Arnold Bennett
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
by Arnold Bennett
Leonora
by Arnold Bennett
Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People
by Arnold Bennett
A Great Man: A Frolic
by Arnold Bennett
Loistohotelli Babylon Romaani
by Arnold Bennett
Sacred and Profane Love: A Novel in Three Episodes
by Arnold Bennett
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
by Arnold Bennett
Mr. Prohack
by Arnold Bennett
The Feast of St. Friend
by Arnold Bennett
The Loot of Cities Being the Adventures of a Millionaire in Search of Joy (a Fantasia); and Other Stories
by Arnold Bennett
The Great Adventure: A Play of Fancy in Four Acts
by Arnold Bennett
Tales of the Five Towns
by Arnold Bennett
The Honeymoon: A comedy in three acts
by Arnold Bennett
The Lion's Share
by Arnold Bennett
Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front
by Arnold Bennett
A Man from the North
by Arnold Bennett
The City of Pleasure : a fantasia on modern themes
by Arnold Bennett
The Arnold Bennett Calendar
by Arnold Bennett
Teresa of Watling Street: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
by Arnold Bennett
From the Log of the Velsa
by Arnold Bennett
Self and self-management : Essays about existing
by Arnold Bennett
Kullan voima : romaani
by Arnold Bennett
Ilojen kaupunki
by Arnold Bennett
About the author
Born in Hanley, Staffordshire, on May 27, 1867, Arnold Bennett grew up in the industrial district he would later transform into the "Five Towns" of his fiction. He left work in his father’s legal office for London, where he made his way in magazines and journalism before becoming a full-time writer.
Bennett wrote with remarkable range and energy: novels, short stories, plays, criticism, essays, and extensive journals. He is especially remembered for his realistic, sharply observed novels, including Anna of the Five Towns, The Old Wives' Tale, and Clayhanger, which helped bring the lives, work, and aspirations of provincial England into the center of modern fiction.
He died in London on March 27, 1931. Though literary fashions changed after his lifetime, his reputation has endured because of his clear eye for character, his feeling for place, and his gift for finding drama in the details of ordinary life.